Logistics UK has appointed Nichola Mallon, former minister for infrastructure in the Northern Ireland Assembly as head of trade and devolved policy. Mallon replaces Seamus Leheny, who left the role earlier this month to become chief ex…
Ahead of next Thursday’s Autumn Statement, the RHA is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to introduce a fuel duty rebate for HGVs of at least 15p per litre to help bring down prices. The RHA is also urging the government to extend the Energy…
RHA is calling on the new Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan and her team at DfT to take urgent action to reduce the cost of fuel through tax relief by introducing a targeted essential user rebate for hauliers. This is the key demand at th…
Traton divisions Scania and MAN Truck & Bus are to sell their Russian assets. The move comes after both MAN and Scania pulled out of Russia in March this year, in line with other Western companies, as part of sanctions imposed on Russiea in …
Another eight day strike at Felixstowe Port is on the cards this month, after workers rejected management’s attempt to impose a pay deal. The second eight day strike, announced by Unite, follows the refusal of Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company…
Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP has been appointed as transport secretary under new PM Liz Truss’s reshuffled cabinet. Previously secretary of state for international trade, Trevelyan tweeted that she was “thrilled” about her new role and added: “Transp…
Distribution Network Operators (DNO) are “extortionate and highly ineffective monopolist gatekeepers” who are preventing the warehousing sector from investing in energy generation and connecting to the energy grid. The accusation comes in …
As new van registrations plunged for the eight successive month in 2022, vehicle manufacturers called on the new Prime Minister Liz Truss to urgently tackle energy costs and inflation and speed up the charging infrastructure roll out. The call c…
Members of the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (UK HFCA) are descending on parliament this September with a rally calling for the government to speed up the development of an effective hydrogen transport strategy. The association, which re…
RHA has welcomed a High Court order requiring the government to explain how it will hit its net zero targets. The association praised the High Court’s decision and said this week that until the government clarifies its net zero strategy hauliers…